Assessment

Question 1

What are the steps of the Clinical Reasoning Cycle?

Answer 1

Consider the person's situation
Collect cues and information
Process the information
Identify problems/issues
Establish goals
Take action
Evaluate outcomes
Reflect on process and new learning

Question 2

How do you validate data?

Answer 2

Compare objective vs subjective data
Clarify ambiguities
Start with cues, not inference
Double check abnormal data
Determine and control for interfering factors
Use references to explain phenomena

Question 3

What is diagnostic reasoning, and what are it’s 4 components?

Answer 3

Diagnostic reasoning is the process of analysing health data and drawing conclusions to identify health issues or problems. Its 4 components are:
1 - attending to initially available cues
2 - formulating diagnostic hypotheses
3 - gathering additional data relative to the tentative hypotheses
4 - evaluating each hypothesis with the new data collected, thus arriving at a final judgment about the health issue